D01. Iaido Embu part 1 & part 2

A man who has attained mastery of an art reveals it in his every action.

-Lao Tzu

D01. Iaido Embu part 1 & part 2

Embu can be translated as a “presentation of martial skills.” What it has evolved to become is a public presentation of the characteristic kata of a koryu school. Sometimes it is only one school. Sometimes different koryu gather together at big annual shindigs, such as at the Budokan, Butokuden, Meiji Shrine or Itsukushima Jinja, and put on a big festival of many different koryu.

Embu Part 2